Letters, Jan. 2, 1939

WE ANTICIPATE WITH DREAD FOR ITS EFFECTS
THE POSSIBLE SELECTION OF ADOLF
HITLER AS TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR. THE MAJORITY
OF LETTERS NOMINATING
HIM HAVE BEEN WHOLLY CONDEMNATORY. IF HIS
PICTURE APPEARS ON YOUR COVER
ONLY AS TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR THE CONTROLLED
PRESS OF FASCIST
COUNTRIES AND THE UNINFORMED OF ALL NATIONS
WILL HAIL THE SELECTION
AS AN AWARD OF MERIT. WE ASK THAT YOU CONFIRM
THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST DEMOCRACY BY REFRAINING
FROM CONVEYING...